Many years ago, Douglas Adams (of Hitchiker fame) also wrote a book called "The Meaning of Liff".

In the book, he takes unusual place names and makes up what *he* thought their definitions should be.

My favourite by far was "Minchinghampton" - the look on a gentleman's face when he has zipped up his trousers without due care and attention.

The Liff I use is 'Exeter'. You know when you've taken something to bits and put it back together again, and then you realise that you have a piece left over and you don't know what it is? That's an Exeter.

Many years ago, Douglas Adams (of Hitchiker fame) also wrote a book called "The Meaning of Liff".

In the book, he takes unusual place names and makes up what *he* thought their definitions should be.

My favourite by far was "Minchinghampton" - the look on a gentleman's face when he has zipped up his trousers without due care and attention.

The Liff I use is 'Exeter'. You know when you've taken something to bits and put it back together again, and then you realise that you have a piece left over and you don't know what it is? That's an Exeter.

DH and I still refer to the defective wheel on a shopping trolley (there's always one!) as a Motspur. It's derived from Tottenham Hotspur, if I recall correctly.

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When you look into the photocopier, the photocopier also looks into you

A friend's word for a lot of something is "beaucouptudinous." I use it a lot.

I scare easily when I'm riding shotgun in a car, because I'm not inside the driver's head, so I'm totally unaware he's about to pass that slow car in front of us ... all I see is our car closing in on it at a rapid rate and ohmygoodnesswe'regoingtocrash! I call this "passengeranoia."

I share that affliction and am totally going to spread it around now.

ETA: LOL, i mean spread the word, not the affliction, although that could be a good time, as well

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It's alright, man. I'm only bleeding, man. Stay hungry, stay free, and do the best you can. ~Gaslight Anthem

Schnipsles (pronounced shnip-sulz)Little snips and flakes and small debris from cutting paper, metal flakes in a fluid, little itty bits and bobs that don't need to be there.

"Mom! Danny didn't clean his schnipsles up from his construction paper project!""Honey, the transmission fluid has schnipsles in it, you need to change it NOW""There are still schnipsles on the floor from your decorations"

We made that up in our family. We still use it.

Oh. Shrimple.Shrink + wrinkle or shrimp and wrinkle. Our cat Pooky was a few bricks short of a load. She LOVED tapered candles, and would lean into them at the flame to investigate. You would smell hair burning - her whiskers had "shrimpled" up."hey Mom, Pooky is all shrimpled again""that paper got wet, it's all shrimpled up"